Considered by many to be the equivalent to a complete rectal examination.
The Water Temple from Zelda 64, which has to be the hardest, most difficult level known to
man. Ever. Filled with traps, mazes, puzzles, illusions, and who knows how many times you have to raise and lower the water level.
Every gamer I have spoken with has only
rude, vulgar things to
say about the Water Temple - and many stories of trial and error - using the wrong
keys on the wrong doors, saving and screwing up in the wrong places, forgetting which rooms were which... it's a hellhole.
It is also used
outside of the gaming
world to describe a problem that is virtually impossible to solve.
The only thing I don't get is why they put the hardest level in the middle of the game.
I spent
four fucking hours in the Water
Temple and I still have no idea where the fuck I'm going.
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Tom: Dude! I can't figure this out! We are seriously fucked!
Mike: This is worse than the Water
Temple!